Touch screen-integrated display device

ABSTRACT

There is provided a touch screen-integrated display device. The touch screen-integrated display device includes: a substrate including an active area including a plurality of subpixels and a non-active area; a gate line and a data line to define one subpixel; a thin-film transistor disposed in subpixel; a first electrode electrically connected to a source electrode of the thin-film transistor; and a second electrode disposed to be overlapped with the first electrode with a protective layer interposed therebetween, and further includes a pad connection layer configured to connect the line pad and the signal supply pad in the non-active area. Thus, it is possible to reduce a contact resistance between the signal supply pad and the line pad and also possible to suppress damage to the pad connection layer.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/291,659 filed Oct. 12, 2016, now allowed, which claims priority fromKorean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0169456, filed in the Republic ofKorea on Nov. 30, 2015, which are hereby incorporated by reference intheir entireties for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.

BACKGROUND Field of the Disclosure

The present disclosure relates to a display device, and moreparticularly, to a touch screen-integrated display device. Although thepresent disclosure is suitable for a wide scope of applications, it isparticularly suitable for improving contact characteristics of the touchscreen-integrated display device.

Description of Background

With progress of information-oriented society, various types of demandsfor display devices for displaying image are increasing. Recently,various types of display devices such as a liquid crystal display (LCD)device, a plasma display panel (PDP) device, and an organic lightemitting display (OLED) device have been used.

Such display devices are breaking away from the conventional inputsystems, such as a button, a keyboard and a mouse, and a touch-basedinput system which allows a user to intuitively and conveniently inputinformation or instructions has been developed.

In order to provide such a touch-based input system, it is required toidentify a touch or non-touch of user and exactly detect touchcoordinates.

According to the related art, various touch modes such as a resistancefilm mode, a capacitance mode, an electromagnetic induction mode, aninfrared mode, and an ultrasonic mode are provided for touch sensing.

Further, regarding application of a touch screen to a display device, atechnology of installing a touch sensor within a display device has beendeveloped. In particular, an in-cell type display device using a commonelectrode formed on a lower substrate as a touch electrode has beendeveloped.

The display device includes a display panel in which data lines and gatelines are disposed and subpixels defined at intersections between thedata lines and the gate lines are disposed, that is, one of the gatelines and one of the data lines define a subpixel. A data driverconfigured to supply a data voltage to the data lines, a gate driverconfigured to drive the gate lines, and a controller configured tocontrol the driving timing of the data driver and the gate driver.

A conventional gate driver has been used by manufacturing a separategate driver IC integrated with a shift register of the gate driver andconnecting the gate driver IC to a gate line pad of a display panelthrough a TCP process or the like.

However, in recent years, a gate-in-panel (GIP) technology of directlyforming a shift register of a gate driver on a display panel has beenapplied.

According to the GIP technology, GIP circuits configured as thin filmtransistors are formed on a display panel and control signal lines forsupplying a clock signal CLK to the GIP circuits are formed together onthe display panel.

The control signal lines are formed on a substrate with a gate line.However, in an in-cell touch screen display device, the control signallines are formed on a passivation layer when a touch sensing line isformed on the passivation layer.

Particularly, one ends of the control signal lines formed on the displaypanel are connected to signal supply pads formed on the same layer asthe gate line in a jumping structure through a pad connection layer.

However, in order to expose the signal supply pads, a contact hole needsto be formed by removing a part of the passivation layer, a gateinsulation layer, and a protective layer. However, since the passivationlayer has a great thickness, the pad connection layer can bedisconnected or cracks because the pad connection layer is disposed on asteep slope of the passivation layer.

Particularly, in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment causedby driving of the display device, micro cracks are easily generated inthe pad connection layer to deteriorate image quality.

SUMMARY

Accordingly, an aspect of the present disclosure provides a touchscreen-integrated display device which is improved in contactcharacteristics by removing a passivation layer from a signal supply padand control signal lines for supplying control signals to GIP circuitsand thus reducing a step height between a line pad and the signal supplypad.

Further, an aspect of the present disclosure also provides a touchscreen-integrated display device in which a passivation layer is removedfrom a signal supply pad and control signal lines for supplying controlsignals to GIP circuits and thus a contact resistance between the signalsupply pad and a line pad is reduced and damage to a pad connectionlayer is suppressed.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided atouch screen-integrated display device, including: a substrate includingan active area including a plurality of subpixels and a non-active area;a gate line and a data line to define one subpixel; a thin-filmtransistor disposed in the subpixel of the active area; a passivationlayer disposed on the thin-film transistor and having an opening in thenon-active area; a signal supply pad disposed in the opening; a line paddisposed in the opening and on a protective layer covering the signalsupply pad; a pad connection layer configured to connect the line padthrough at least one first contact hole and the signal supply padthrough at least one second contact hole in the opening; a firstelectrode disposed on the passivation layer and connected to a sourceelectrode of the thin-film transistor through a fourth contact hole, theprotective layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrodedisposed on the protective layer to overlap the first electrode; and atouch sensing line parallel with the data line. Thus, it is possible toreduce a contact resistance between the signal supply pad and the linepad and also possible to suppress damage to the pad connection layer.

In a touch screen-integrated display device according to the presentdisclosure, contact characteristics are improved by removing apassivation layer from a signal supply pad and control signal lines forsupplying control signals to GIP circuits and thus reducing a stepheight between a line pad and the signal supply pad.

Further, in a touch screen-integrated display device according to thepresent disclosure, a passivation layer is removed from a signal supplypad and control signal lines for supplying control signals to GIPcircuits and thus a contact resistance between the signal supply pad anda line pad is reduced and damage to a pad connection layer issuppressed.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and areintend to provide further explanation of the disclosure as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other aspects, features and other advantages of thepresent disclosure will be more clearly understood from the followingdetailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a configuration view of a touch screen-integrated displaydevice according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram of a gate driver of a touchscreen-integrated display device according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a cross-section of a display panel in acase where a touch screen-integrated display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is a liquid crystaldisplay device;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a GIP circuit area of the touchscreen-integrated display device according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a disconnection defect occurringbetween a control signal line pad and a signal supply pad in the touchscreen-integrated display device;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of manufacturing the touchscreen-integrated display device according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a subpixel area and a control signalline pad area in the touch screen-integrated display device according tothe present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a plane view of the control signal line pad and a signalsupply pad of the touch screen-integrated display device according tothe present disclosure;

FIG. 9A through FIG. 9G are cross-sectional views illustrating a processof manufacturing the touch screen-integrated display device according tothe present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a common voltage supply area of thetouch screen-integrated display device according to another exemplaryembodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a subpixel area and a controlsignal line pad area of the touch screen-integrated display device inFIG. 10.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Advantages and features of the present disclosure, and methods foraccomplishing the same will be more clearly understood from exemplaryembodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.However, the present disclosure is not limited to the followingexemplary embodiments but may be implemented in various different forms.The exemplary embodiments are provided only to complete disclosure ofthe present disclosure and to fully provide a person having ordinaryskill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains with thecategory of the disclosure, and the present disclosure will be definedby the appended claims.

The shapes, sizes, ratios, angles, numbers, and the like illustrated inthe accompanying drawings for describing the exemplary embodiments ofthe present disclosure are merely examples, and the present disclosureis not limited thereto. Like reference numerals generally denote likeelements throughout the present specification. Further, in the followingdescription, a detailed explanation of well-known related technologiesmay be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the subject matter ofthe present disclosure.

The terms such as “including,” “having,” and “consist of” used hereinare generally intended to allow other components to be added unless theterms are used with the term “only”. Any references to singular mayinclude plural unless expressly stated otherwise.

Components are interpreted to include an ordinary error range even ifnot expressly stated.

When the position relation between two parts is described using theterms such as “on”, “above”, “below”, and “next”, one or more parts maybe positioned between the two parts unless the terms are used with theterm “immediately” or “directly”.

When the time sequence between two or more incidents is described usingthe terms such as “after”, “subsequent to”, “next to”, and “before”, twoor more incidents may be inconsecutive unless the terms are used withthe term “immediately” or “directly”.

Although the terms “first”, “second”, and the like are used fordescribing various components, these components are not confined bythese terms. These terms are merely used for distinguishing onecomponent from the other components. Therefore, a first component to bementioned below may be a second component in a technical concept of thepresent disclosure.

The features of various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosurecan be partially or entirely bonded to or combined with each other andcan be interlocked and operated in technically various ways as can befully understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art, and thevarious exemplary embodiments can be carried out independently of or inassociation with each other.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Also,the size and thickness of the device might be expressed to beexaggerated for the sake of convenience in the drawings. Like referencenumerals generally denote like elements throughout the presentspecification.

FIG. 1 is a configuration view of a touch screen-integrated displaydevice according to the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1, a touch screen-integrated display device 100according to the present disclosure is a display device capable ofproviding an image display function (i.e., display function) and a touchsensing function.

The touch screen-integrated display device 100 is, for example, a mediumand large device, such as a TV or a monitor, or a mobile device, such asa smart phone or a tablet PC, having a touch sensing function inresponse to a touch input.

Referring to FIG. 1, the touch screen-integrated display device 100includes a display panel 110, a data driver 120, a gate driver 130 and acontroller 140 for providing the display function.

The display panel 110 may include a plurality of data lines DL disposedin a first direction (for example, in a column direction) and aplurality of gate lines GL disposed in a second direction (for example,in a row direction).

The data driver 120 drives the plurality of data lines DL. Herein, thedata driver 120 may also be referred to as “source driver”.

The gate driver 130 drives the plurality of gate lines GL. Herein, thegate driver 130 may also be referred to as “scan driver”.

The controller 140 controls the data driver 120 and the gate driver 130.In order to do so, the controller 140 supplies various control signalsto the data driver 120 and the gate driver 130.

The controller 140 starts a scan according to timing implemented in eachframe, converts image data input from the outside to be suitable for adata signal form used by the data driver 120, outputs the convertedimage data, and controls a driving data at a proper time correspondingto the scan.

The controller 140 may be a timing controller used in a general displaytechnology or a controller including the timing controller andperforming additional control functions.

The gate driver 130 sequentially supplies an ON voltage or an OFFvoltage scan signal to the plurality of gate lines according to thecontrol of the controller 140.

If a specific gate line GL is opened by the gate driver 130, the datadriver 120 converts the image data received from the controller 140 intoa data voltage of an analog form and supplies the data voltage to theplurality of data lines DL.

The data driver 120 is located at only one side (for example, upper sideor lower side) of the display panel 110 in FIG. 1, but may be located atboth sides (for example, upper side and lower side) of the display panel110 depending on the driving method or the design method of the panel.

The gate driver 130 is located at only one side (for example, left sideor right side) of the display panel 110 in FIG. 1, but may be located atboth sides (for example, left side and right side) of the display panel110 depending on the driving method or the design method of the panel.

The aforementioned controller 140 receives input image data togetherwith various timing signals, such as a vertical synchronization signalVsync, a horizontal synchronization signal Hsync, an input data enable(DE) signal, and a clock signal CLK from the outside (for example, ahost system).

The touch screen-integrated display device 100 may be any one of variousdevices such as a liquid crystal display device, an organic lightemitting display device, and a plasma display device. For example, thetouch screen-integrated display device 100 may be an in-plane switching(IPS) mode liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystalmolecules are aligned horizontally and rotated in place to display animage, and has advantages of high resolution, low power consumption,wide viewing angle, and the like. More specifically, the touchscreen-integrated display device 100 may be an advanced highperformance-IPS (AH-IPS) mode liquid crystal display device.

Each subpixel SP disposed in the display panel 110 may be configured toinclude various circuit elements such as a transistor.

Meanwhile, the touch screen-integrated display device 100 may include atouch system for providing the touch sensing function.

Referring to FIG. 1, the touch system may include a plurality of touchelectrodes TE functioning as touch sensors and a touch circuit 150configured to sense a touch input by driving the plurality of touchelectrodes TE.

The touch circuit 150 sequentially supplies a touch drive signal to theplurality of touch electrodes TE to sequentially drive the plurality oftouch electrodes TE.

Then, the touch circuit 150 receives a touch sensing signal from a touchelectrode TE to which the touch drive signal is applied.

The touch circuit 150 may identify a touch or a non-touch and calculatetouch coordinates on the basis of touch sensing signals received fromthe plurality of touch electrodes TE.

Herein, the touch drive signal may have, for example, a waveform of apulse-modulated signal having two or more voltage levels.

The touch sensing signals received from the plurality of touchelectrodes TE may vary depending on whether or not a touch is input byan object such as a finger or a pen around the corresponding touchelectrodes TE.

The touch circuit 150 may identify a touch or a non-touch and obtaintouch coordinates by obtaining a capacitance variation (or voltagevariation or charge variation) in the touch electrodes TE on the basisof the touch sensing signals.

Referring to FIG. 1, each of the touch electrodes TE is connected to asensing line SL in order to supply a touch drive signal to each of theplurality of touch electrodes TE.

Further, in order to sequentially supply a touch drive signal to theplurality of touch electrodes TE, the touch system may further include aswitch circuit 160 configured to sequentially connect the touch circuit150 to the sensing lines SL respectively connected to the plurality oftouch electrodes TE.

The switch circuit 160 may include at least one multiplexer.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 1, each of the plurality of touchelectrodes TE may be formed into a block shape.

Further, each touch electrode TE may have a size equal or correspondingto a size of one subpixel area SP.

Otherwise, each touch electrode TE may have a size greater than a sizeof one subpixel area SP as illustrated in FIG. 1.

That is, each touch electrode TE area may have a size corresponding to asize of two or more subpixel areas SP.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 1, the plurality of touch electrodes TE maybe built in the display panel 110.

In this sense, it can be said that the display panel 110 may beintegrated with a touch screen or a touch screen panel. That is, thedisplay panel 110 may be an in-cell or on-cell touch screen-integrateddisplay panel.

Meanwhile, the touch screen-integrated display device 100 may operate ina display mode in order to provide the display function, or may operatein a touch mode in order to provide the touch sensing function.

In this regard, the plurality of touch electrodes TE may operate astouch sensors during the touch mode, and may be used as display modeelectrodes during the display mode.

For example, during the display mode, the plurality of touch electrodesTE may operate as common electrodes to which a common voltage Vcom isapplied, as an example of a display mode electrode.

Herein, the common voltage Vcom corresponds to a pixel voltage to beapplied to a pixel electrode.

Meanwhile, the plurality of touch electrodes TE built in the displaypanel 110 may be disposed in a matrix of N (N≥2) number of rows and M(M≥2) number of columns, as illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram of a gate driver of the touchscreen-integrated display device according to the present disclosure.

In the following, for the purpose of convenience, one or more gatedriver integrated circuits included in the gate driver 130 will bedescribed as being assumed to be of a GIP type, and the gate driverintegrated circuit may also be described as “GIP (Gate Driver IC inPanel)”.

In this case, as illustrated in the exemplary diagram of the gate driver130 in FIG. 2, a plurality of gate driver integrated circuits GIP 1, GIP2, . . . , GIP n may be disposed in a non-active area as an outercircumference of an active area A/A of the display panel 110 where animage is displayed.

Further, a plurality of control signal lines 131 is disposed adjacent tothe gate driver 130 and electrically connected to a plurality of GIPcircuits disposed in a gate driver integrated circuit (shown in FIG. 4).

FIG. 2 illustrates that the gate driver integrated circuits are providedin the same number as the number n of the gate lines GL. However, thenumber (for example, 2n) of the gate driver integrated circuits may bedifferent from the number n of the gate lines GL depending on thedriving method of the gate driver 130.

If a specific gate line is opened, the data driver 120 converts theimage data received from the controller 140 into a data voltage of ananalog form and supplies the data voltage to each of the plurality ofdata lines DL to drive the data lines DL.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a cross-section of a display panel in acase where the touch screen-integrated display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is a liquid crystaldisplay device.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the display panel 110 of the touchscreen-integrated display device 100, for example, a gate line 402 isformed in a first direction (in a horizontal direction in FIG. 1) on alower substrate 400, and a gate insulation layer (gate insulator) 404 isformed thereon.

A data line 406 is formed in a second direction (in a vertical directionin FIG. 1) on the gate insulation layer 404, and a first protectivelayer 408 is formed thereon.

Pixel electrodes 410 of each subpixel area and sensing lines 412 areformed on the first protective layer 408, and a second protective layer414 may be formed thereon. Herein, the sensing lines 412 arerespectively connected from the plurality of touch electrodes TEfunctioning as the common electrodes and the touch electrodes to theswitch circuit 160 to transfer a common voltage Vcom generated from thecommon voltage supply unit to the plurality of touch electrodes TE inthe display mode and a touch drive signal generated from the touchcircuit 150 and the switch circuit 160 to the plurality of touchelectrodes TE in the touch mode.

One electrode 416 functioning as a common electrode and a touchelectrode is formed on the second protective layer 414, and a liquidcrystal layer 418 is formed thereon. Herein, the electrode 416functioning as the common electrode and the touch electrode is one ofthe plurality of touch electrodes TE and may be a block-shaped pattern.

An upper substrate 420 on which a black matrix 419 a, a color filter 419b, and the like, are to be formed is positioned on the liquid crystallayer 418.

Although FIG. 3 illustrates the liquid crystal display device, thepresent disclosure is not limited thereto and can be applied to variousdisplay devices which can be integrated with a touch panel.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a GIP circuit area of the touchscreen-integrated display device according to the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4, a gate driver integrated circuit GIP is disposed onthe display panel 110 of the touch screen-integrated display deviceaccording to the present disclosure. Further, a GIP circuit 133including a plurality of thin-film transistors is disposed on the gatedriver integrated circuit GIP so as to function as a shift register.

Further, the plurality of control signal lines 131 is disposed in oneside area of the GIP circuit 133, and common lines 132 are disposedbetween the GIP circuit 133 and the active area A/A.

As illustrated in the drawing, the GIP circuits 133 are electricallyconnected to the control signal lines 131, and may be connected in ajumping structure by connection patterns patterned when the commonelectrode (or touch electrode) is formed.

Particularly, a touch sensing line (or sensing line) is added in thetouch screen-integrated display device according to the presentdisclosure. In this case, the control signal lines 131 are formed on thepassivation layer.

The control signal lines 131 are used as lines for supplying a clocksignal CLK or the like to the GIP circuit 133. The clock signal CLK isoutput by generating a gate signal (scan signal) to be supplied to thegate lines from the GIP circuit 133.

Further, the clock signal CLK supplied to the control signal lines 131is transferred from a signal supply pad formed on a substrate.Therefore, a line pad is formed on one side edge of the control signalline 131 and connected to the signal supply pad.

The line pad disposed on the passivation layer and the signal supply paddisposed on the substrate are connected by a pad connection layerthrough a contact hole formed on the passivation layer so as to exposethe signal supply pad.

However, a great thickness of the passivation layer can cause a greatstep height with respect to the contact hole area. Thus, the padconnection layer configured to electrically connect the line pad and thesignal supply pad can be disconnected or a crack can be generated.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a disconnection defect occurringbetween a control signal line pad and a signal supply pad in the touchscreen-integrated display device.

Referring to FIG. 5 together with FIG. 4, the control signal lines 131disposed in the non-active area of the display panel 110 and line pads550 formed on their ends are formed on a passivation layer 730.

Thus, the line pad 550 disposed on the control signal line pad area isdisposed on a gate insulation layer 710, a first protective layer 720,the passivation layer 730, and a second protective layer 720 laminatedon a substrate 700. A reference numeral 761 in the drawing denotes athird protective layer.

As illustrated in the drawing, a signal supply pad 510 is disposed onthe substrate 700. Thus, there is a great step height between the linepad 550 and the signal supply pad 510 in the contact hole area throughwhich the signal supply pad 510 is exposed.

Therefore, the pad connection layer 570 configured to connect the signalsupply pad 510 and the line pad 550 is disposed along the steep slope ofthe passivation layer 730. Thus, a crack or a disconnection can occurwhile the display device is driven.

In the touch screen-integrated display device according to the presentdisclosure, a part of the passivation layer is removed from a controlsignal line area, and the signal supply pad is spaced away from thecontrol signal line with a gate insulation layer interposedtherebetween. Thus, a step height between the line pad and the signalsupply pad can be reduced.

Further, in the touch screen-integrated display device according to thepresent disclosure, a part of the passivation layer is removed forplacing the signal supply pad and the line pad of the control signallines for supplying control signals to GIP circuits, so a contactresistance between the signal supply pad and a line pad is reduced anddamage to a pad connection layer can be suppressed.

In the following, the touch screen-integrated display device accordingto the present disclosure is described. However, the present disclosurecan also be applied to an in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystaldisplay device or an advanced high performance-IPS (AH-IPS) mode liquidcrystal display device.

In case of the IPS mode liquid crystal display device, the commonelectrode has an electrode structure which is not divided into blockshapes like the touch electrode but is formed as one body at the entirearea of the display panel. The common electrode is patterned into a combteeth shape or a slit shape in an area corresponding to each subpixelarea and functions as a common electrode, and a pixel electrode ispatterned into a plate shape, but the present disclosure is not limitedthereto. In other embodiments, the common electrode can be patternedinto a plate shape, and the pixel electrode can be patterned into a combteeth shape or a slit shape.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of manufacturing the touchscreen-integrated display device according to the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 6, the process of manufacturing the touchscreen-integrated display device according to the present disclosureincludes: providing a substrate divided into an active area A/A where animage is displayed and a non-active area disposed outside the activearea A/A along the circumference of the active area A/A; and forming agate line, a gate electrode of a thin-film transistor, and a gate pad.Further, in the present disclosure, a signal supply pad for supplying aclock signal CLK to control signal lines connected to GIP circuits of agate driver is formed on the substrate at the same time (first maskprocess (Mask#1)).

Then, a second mask process (Mask#2) for forming an active layer, asource electrode, and a drain electrode of a thin-film transistordisposed on each subpixel of the active area is performed. A firstprotective layer and a passivation layer are formed on the substrate inorder to protect the thin-film transistor. Then, a third mask process(Mask#3) is performed onto the passivation layer to form a contact holein order to expose the source electrode or the drain electrode.

In the second mask process, a diffraction mask or a halftone mask isused to form the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the activelayer at the same time.

Further, in the present disclosure, a part of the passivation layer isremoved, so there will be an area where a control signal line and asignal supply pad will be formed so that the area where a gateinsulation layer is exposed is formed together.

Then, a fourth mask process (Mask#4) for forming a pixel electrode(first electrode) and a fifth mask process (Mask#5) for forming a secondprotective layer, a touch sensing line, a control signal line, and aline pad are performed to each subpixel. In this case, the controlsignal pad and the line pad are formed on the opening and thus formed onthe second protective layer formed on the gate insulation layer.

Then, a third protective layer is formed on the entire surface of thesubstrate, and a contact hole process is performed for exposing thetouch sensing line, a part of the pixel electrode, the line pad, and thesignal supply pad by performing a sixth mask process (Mask#6).

Then, a seventh mask process (Mask#7) is performed to form a touchelectrode (common electrode) to be disposed on the pixel electrode withthe third protective layer interposed therebetween.

In this case, a pad connection layer for connecting the line pad and thesignal supply pad is formed on the control signal line pad area at thesame time.

In the present disclosure, the control signal line and the line pad areformed on the gate insulation layer from which the passivation layer isremoved. Thus, a step height with respect to the signal supply pad canbe reduced to suppress deterioration in image quality.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a subpixel area and a control signalline pad area in a touch screen-integrated display device according tothe present disclosure, and FIG. 8 is a plane view of the control signalline pad and a signal supply pad of the touch screen-integrated displaydevice according to the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 7, the touch screen-integrated display device of thepresent disclosure are described focusing on an active area where aplurality of subpixels is disposed and a control signal line pad area asan outer area (i.e., non-active area) of the active area.

The control signal line pad area may be any one of both terminal endswhere the control signal lines 131 are disposed in FIG. 2. Further, itis assumed that the touch screen-integrated display device of thepresent disclosure has a GIP structure in which the gate driver 130 isbuilt in the display panel 110.

In the active area of the touch screen-integrated display device of thepresent disclosure, a gate electrode 702 is disposed on the substrate700, and a thin-film transistor including the gate insulation layer 710,an active layer 712, a source electrode 724, and a drain electrode 726is disposed on the gate electrode 702. The source electrode and thedrain electrode may be switched to each other.

The gate electrode 702 may be formed of double metal patterns or aplurality of metal patterns. Further, the metal patterns may have astructure in which a conductive metal pattern and a transparentconductive material pattern are mixed.

For example, the conductive metal pattern may be formed of a conductivemetal such as aluminum (Al), tungsten (W), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo),chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), molytungsten (MoW), molytitanium (MoTi),and copper/molytitanium (Cu/MoTi), but is not limited thereto. Further,the transparent conductive material pattern may be formed of one of ITO(Indium Tin Oxide), IZO (Indium Zinc Oxide), and CNT (Carbon Nano Tube),but is not limited thereto.

Further, a data line 714 is disposed on the gate insulation layer 710.The data line 714 may be formed of double patterns including a firstdata line pattern 714 a and a second data line pattern 714 b. The firstdata line pattern 714 a may include a plurality of metal patterns.Further, the metal patterns may have the above-described structure inwhich a conductive metal pattern and a transparent conductive materialpattern are mixed.

The second data line pattern 714 b may be formed of the same material asthe active layer 712 since the source electrode 724, the drain electrode726 and the active layer 712 are formed by a single mask process in thepresent disclosure.

The first protective layer 720 and the passivation layer 730 aredisposed on the thin-film transistor and the data line 714. In thesource electrode area 724 of the thin-film transistor, a contact hole C4is formed. The passivation layer 730 may be an overcoating layer formedof an organic film material.

Further, a first electrode 740 and a second electrode 770 a are disposedto be overlapped with each other with second and third protective layers760 and 761 interposed therebetween on the passivation layer 730. In thecontact hole C4, a connection pattern 770 c formed of the same materialas the second electrode 770 a and configured to electrically connect thefirst electrode 740 and the source electrode 724 is disposed.

The second electrode 770 a is an electrode functioning as a commonelectrode in a display mode or also functioning as a touch electrode ina touch mode.

Further, a touch sensing line 750 is disposed on the second protectivelayer 760 on the passivation layer 730 overlapped the data line 714. Thetouch sensing line 750 is in parallel with the data line 714. The thirdprotective layer 761 is formed on the touch sensing line 750. The touchsensing line 750 is exposed to the outside through a contact hole C3where the third protective layer 761 is partially removed, and a touchconnection layer 770 b is electrically connected to the touch sensingline 750 through the contact hole C3.

Further, in the non-active area, a gate driver including GIP circuits isdisposed, and as illustrated in FIG. 2, the control signal lines 131 aredisposed adjacent to the GIP circuits.

The control signal lines 131 are formed of the same material as thetouch sensing line 750 at the same time. Particularly, in the presentdisclosure, an opening PO is formed by removing a part of thepassivation layer 730 on the control signal lines 131 and the controlsignal line pad area. The opening PO is formed by removing all of thepassivation layer 730 when a contact hole C1 is formed.

Referring to FIG. 8 together with FIG. 7, in the control signal line padarea, a signal supply pad 810 supplied with a signal such as a clocksignal CLK from an external system is disposed on the substrate 700 andthe gate insulation layer 710 is formed on the signal supply pad 810.

In the opening PO, the passivation layer 730 and the first protectivelayer 720 formed in the non-active area are removed, and the secondprotective layer 760 is formed on the gate insulation layer 710.

Therefore, the control signal lines 131 and a line pad 850 are disposedon the second protective layer 760 in the opening PO, and the gateinsulation layer 710 and the second protective layer 760 are presentedbetween the signal supply pad 810 and the line pad 850.

Referring to FIG. 8, the line pad 850 is formed as one body with each ofthe control signal lines 131 on the display panel, and the line pad 850is electrically connected to the signal supply pad 810 by a padconnection layer 870.

The line pad 850 formed as one body with each of the control signallines 131 is exposed to the outside through a contact hole C1 where thethird protective layer 761 is partially removed. The signal supply pad810 is exposed through a contact hole C2 where the gate insulation layer710, the second protective layer 760, and the third protective layer 761are partially removed.

The pad connection layer 870 is electrically connected to the signalsupply pad 810 and the line pad 850 through the contact hole C1 and thecontact hole C2. Therefore, if a clock signal CLK or the like issupplied to the signal supply pad 810 from the external system, theclock signal CLK is supplied to the control signal lines 131 through thepad connection layer 870 and the line pad 850.

In the present disclosure, a part of the passivation layer 730 isremoved to reduce a step height between the signal supply pad 810 andthe line pad 850 on the control signal line 131 so that the signalsupply pad 810 and the line pad 850 can be disposed adjacent to eachother.

Therefore, a distance between the signal supply pad 810 and the line pad850 is decreased. Thus, a contact resistance of the pad connection layer870 can be reduced.

Further, in the present disclosure, a contact distance of the padconnection layer 870 is decreased. Thus, a contact resistance of the padconnection layer 870 can be reduced. Further, a step height between thesignal supply pad 810 and the line pad 850 is decreased. Thus, a crackor a disconnection defect of the pad connection layer 870 can besuppressed.

FIG. 9A through FIG. 9G are cross-sectional views illustrating a processof manufacturing the touch screen-integrated display device according tothe present disclosure.

The touch screen-integrated display device of the present disclosure isdivided into the active area A/A where a plurality of subpixels isformed to display an image and the non-active area. The non-active areamay include an area where a gate pad area, a data pad area, a gatedriver, a control signal line, and a common line are disposed.

In FIG. 9A through FIG. 9G, a subpixel area of the active area A/A and acontrol signal line pad area in the display area are described.

Referring to FIG. 9A, a gate metal film is formed on the substrate 700divided into the active area A/A and the non-active area as an outercircumference of an active area A/A. Then, the gate electrode 702 and agate line (not illustrated) are formed through the first mask process(Mask#1). At the same time, a gate pad (not illustrated) is formed inthe gate pad area. Further, the signal supply pad 810 is formed in thecontrol signal line pad area. The signal supply pad 810 and the gateline GL are formed of the same material.

The gate metal film may be formed by laminating at least two or moremetal layers, and may have a structure in which a metal layer and atransparent conductive material layer are laminated. Therefore, themetal layer may be formed of a conductive metal such as aluminum (Al),tungsten (W), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), titanium(Ti), molytungsten (MoW), molytitanium (MoTi), and copper/molytitanium(Cu/MoTi), but is not limited thereto.

Further, the transparent conductive material layer may be formed of oneof ITO (Indium Tin Oxide), IZO (Indium Zinc Oxide), and CNT (Carbon NanoTube), but is not limited thereto. The gate metal film is not limited tothe double metal layer, but may be formed into a single metal layer.

As described above, if the gate electrode 702, and the like, is formedon the substrate 700, the gate insulation layer 710 is formed on theentire surface of the substrate 700 as illustrated in FIG. 9B. The gateinsulation layer 710 is disposed on the signal supply pad 810 and thegate line GL. Then, a semiconductor layer and a source/drain metal filmmay be consecutively formed.

The semiconductor layer may be formed of a semiconductor material suchas amorphous silicon or polysilicon such as LTPS, HTPS, or the like.Further, the semiconductor layer may be formed using a semiconductoroxide material such as zinc oxide (ZO), indium gallium zinc oxide(IGZO), zinc indium oxide (ZIO), and Ga-doped ZnO (ZGO).

Then, the active layer 712, the source electrode 724, and the drainelectrode 726 are formed on the gate insulation layer 710 correspondingto the gate electrode 702 through the second mask process (Mask#2) usinga diffraction mask or a halftone mask. A thin-film transistor includesthe gate electrode 702, the gate insulation layer 710, the active layer712, the source electrode 724, and the drain electrode 726.

Further, at the same time, a data pad (not illustrated) is formed on thedata line 714 and a data pad area.

Then, as illustrated in FIG. 9C, the first protective layer 720 and thepassivation layer 730 are formed in sequence on the entire surface ofthe substrate 700. Then, the contact hole C4 which exposes a part of thesource electrode 724 is formed through the third mask process (Mask#3).

Further, the opening PO is formed in the control signal line pad area byremoving a part of the passivation layer 730 and the first protectivelayer 720 to from an area where control signal lines and a line pad willbe formed. Therefore, in the opening PO, the gate insulation layer 710is exposed to the outside.

The first protective layer 720 may be formed of an inorganic materialsuch as SiO2 and SiNx, or an organic material such as photo acryl, butthe present disclosure is not limited thereto.

Further, the passivation layer 730 may be formed into an overcoatinglayer of an organic material.

If the contact hole C4 is formed on the passivation layer 730, a metallayer is formed on the entire surface of the substrate 700 asillustrated in FIG. 9D. Then, the first electrode (pixel electrode) 740is formed on the passivation layer 730 through the fourth mask process(Mask#4) The first electrode 740 may be formed of any one of atransparent conductive material such as ITO (Indium Tin Oxide), IZO(Indium Zinc Oxide), and CNT (Carbon Nano Tube).

If the first electrode 740 is formed on the passivation layer 730 asdescribed above, the second protective layer 760 is formed on the entiresurface of the substrate 700 and a metal layer is formed as illustratedin FIG. 9E. Then, the touch sensing line 750 is formed on thepassivation layer 730 overlapped the data line 714 through the fifthmask process (Mask#5).

Further, in the control signal line pad area, control signal lines (notillustrated) and the line pad 850 are formed on the second protectivelayer 760 formed in the opening PO. The touch sensing line 750 and theline pad 850 are formed of the same material.

If the touch sensing line 750 is formed on the second protective layer760 as described above, the third protective layer 761 is formed on theentire surface of the substrate 700 as illustrated in FIG. 9F. Then, thecontact holes C1, C2 and C4 are formed through the sixth mask process(Mask#6).

A part of the touch sensing line 750 is exposed through the contact holeC4, a part of the line pad 850 is exposed through the contact hole C1,and a part of the signal supply pad 810 is exposed through the contacthole C2.

If the contact holes C1, C2, and C4 are formed as described above, atransparent conductive material layer is formed on the entire surface ofthe substrate 700 as illustrated in FIG. 9G. In addition, the presentdisclosure is not limited to the quantities of the contact holes C1 toC4. In other embodiments, the quantity of each contact holes C1 to C4can be plural. Then, the second electrode (common electrode or touchelectrode) 770 a overlapped the first electrode 740 is formed throughthe seventh mask process (Mask#7). In addition, a distance between thesubstrate 700 and the touch sensing line 750 is d1, a distance betweenthe substrate 700 and the first electrode 740 is d2, a distance betweenthe substrate 700 and the second electrode 770 a is d3, and d3>d1>d2.That is, the distances from the substrate 700 to the touch sensing line750, the first electrode 740 and the second electrode 770 a aredifferent from one another.

Further, in the contact hole C4, the connection pattern 770 c forelectrically connecting the first electrode 740 and the source electrode724 is formed. In the contact hole C3, the touch connection layer 770 belectrically connected to the touch sensing line 750 is formed.

Furthermore, in the control signal line pad area, the pad connectionlayer 870 formed of the same material as the second electrode 770 a isformed so as to electrically connect the line pad 850 and the signalsupply pad 810.

Thus, a lower substrate of the touch screen-integrated display device ofthe present disclosure is completed.

As such, in a touch screen-integrated display device of the presentdisclosure, a part of the passivation layer is removed from a signalsupply pad and control signal lines for supplying control signals to GIPcircuits. Thus, a step height between a line pad and the signal supplypad can be reduced, and a contact resistance can be reduced.

Further, in the touch screen-integrated display device of the presentdisclosure, the part of the passivation layer is removed for placing thesignal supply pad and the control signal lines for supplying controlsignals to GIP circuits. Thus, a contact resistance with respect to thesignal supply pad can be reduced, and damage to the pad connection layercan be suppressed. Accordingly, deterioration in image quality can beprevented.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a common voltage supply area of atouch screen-integrated display device according to another exemplaryembodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectionalview of a subpixel area and a control signal line pad area of the touchscreen-integrated display device in FIG. 10.

Referring to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 together with FIG. 1, a plurality oftouch electrodes TE is disposed on the display panel 110 of the touchscreen-integrated display device according to another exemplaryembodiment of the present disclosure, and a common voltage called touchdrive signal is supplied to these touch electrodes TE. Therefore, thetouch electrode TE may be referred to as a common electrode and aplurality of pixels corresponds to one common electrode (touch electrodeTE).

The common voltage to be supplied to the touch electrode TE is suppliedto each touch sensing line through the touch circuit 150 and the switchcircuit 160. In FIG. 10, the common voltage supply area may be anoverlapped area between the switch circuit 160 and the display panel110. The switch circuit 160 configured to supply the common voltage mayinclude a Vcom Tr area on which a plurality of transistors is disposedand a contact area for an electrical connection between a touch sensingline 950 b and a source of a transistor disposed on the switch circuit160 as illustrated in FIG. 10.

As illustrated in FIG. 10, each transistor on the switch circuit 160configured to control a supply of the common voltage to the touchelectrode TE of the display panel 110 is electrically connected to thetouch sensing line 950 b.

In FIG. 11, in the active area of the touch screen-integrated displaydevice of the present disclosure, a gate electrode 902 is disposed onthe substrate 700, the gate insulation layer 910 is disposed on the gateelectrode 902, and a thin-film transistor including an active layer 912,a source electrode 924, and a drain electrode 926 disposed on the gateinsulation layer 910 on the gate electrode 902. The source electrode andthe drain electrode may be switched to each other.

The gate electrode 902 may be formed of double metal patterns or aplurality of metal patterns. Further, the metal patterns may have astructure in which a conductive metal pattern and a transparentconductive material pattern are mixed.

For example, the conductive metal pattern may be formed of a conductivemetal such as aluminum (Al), tungsten (W), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo),chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), molytungsten (MoW), molytitanium (MoTi),and copper/molytitanium (Cu/MoTi), but is not limited thereto. Further,the transparent conductive material pattern may be formed using at leastone selected from the group consisting of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide), IZO(Indium Zinc Oxide), and CNT (Carbon Nano Tube), but is not limitedthereto.

Further, a data line 934 is disposed on the gate insulation layer 910.The data line 934 may be formed of double patterns including a firstdata line pattern 934 a and a second data line pattern 934 b. The firstdata line pattern 934 a may include a plurality of metal patterns.Further, the metal patterns may have the above-described structure inwhich a conductive metal pattern and a transparent conductive materialpattern are mixed.

The second data line pattern 934 b may be formed of the same material asthe active layer 912.

The first protective layer 920 and the passivation layer 930 aredisposed on the thin-film transistor and the data line 934. In thesource electrode area 924 of the thin-film transistor, a contact holeCH4 is formed. The passivation layer 930 may be an overcoating layerformed of an organic film material.

Further, a first electrode 940 and a second electrode 970 a are disposedto be overlapped with each other with second and third protective layers960 and 961 interposed therebetween on the passivation layer 930. Inaddition, a distance between the substrate 700 and the touch sensingline 950 b is d4, a distance between the substrate 700 and the firstelectrode 940 is d5, a distance between the substrate 700 and the secondelectrode 970 a is d6, and d6>d4>d5. That is, the distances from thesubstrate 700 to the touch sensing line 950 b, the first electrode 940and the second electrode 970 a are different form one another.

With regarding to differences with FIG. 7, the first electrode 940 isformed of a single body in the contact hole CH4 and is directlycontacted with the source electrode 924. That is to say, the firstelectrode 940 is formed on the passivation layer 930 after the contacthole CH4 is formed in the passivation layer 930 unlike FIG. 7.

Accordingly, the embodiment in FIGS. 10 and 11 has more need of one maskprocess than that of FIG. 7 because of necessity using the separatedmask processes for forming the contact hole and the first electrode.

Also, in the contact hole CH4, the second and the third protectivelayers 960 and 961 are stacked in the contact hole CH4 area withoutremoving the second and third protective layers 960 and 961 because theconnection pattern 770 c is not needed to be formed to connect the firstelectrode on the passivation layer as shown FIG. 7.

The second electrode 970 a is an electrode functioning as a commonelectrode in a display mode or also functioning as a touch electrode ina touch mode.

Further, a touch sensing line 950 b is disposed on the second protectivelayer 960 on the passivation layer 930 overlapped the data line 934. Thetouch sensing line 950 b is in parallel with the data line 934. Thethird protective layer 961 is formed on the touch sensing line 950 b.The touch sensing line 950 b is exposed to the outside through a contacthole CH3 where the third protective layer 961 is partially removed, anda touch connection layer 970 b is electrically connected to the touchsensing line 950 b through the contact hole CH3.

Then, in the control signal line pad area as shown in FIG. 11, a signalsupply pad (source contact electrode) 914 extended from the source ofthe transistor disposed on the switch circuit 160 and a line pad (touchsensing pad) 950 a extended from the touch sensing line 950 b areelectrically connected by a pad connection layer 970. The touch sensingline 950 b and the touch sensing pad 950 a are formed of the samematerial. The source contact electrode 914 may be the source of thetransistor.

More specifically, the gate insulation layer 910 is disposed on thesubstrate 700, and the source contact electrode 914 is disposed on thegate insulation layer 910. The source contact electrode 914 and the dataline 934 are formed of the same material. The source contact electrode914 includes a first source contact layer 914 a and a second sourcecontact layer 914 b, which are formed into a double-layer structuresince a semiconductor layer and a metal layer are patterned at the sametime through a halftone or diffraction mask process.

A first protective layer 920 and a passivation layer 930 are laminatedon a part of the source contact electrode 914, and a part of the firstprotective layer 920 and the passivation layer 930 are removed to exposea part of the source contact electrode 914 to the outside. In an areawhere the source contact electrode 914 is exposed, a contact layer 980is disposed, wherein the contact layer 980 is disposed in the controlsignal line pad area, formed on an inclined surface of the passivationlayer 930, and disposed between the pad connection layer 970 and thesource contact electrode 914. The contact layer 980 is patterned when apixel electrode is formed, and, thus, the contact layer 980 is formed ofthe same material as the pixel electrode.

Further, the contact layer 980 is formed along the exposed area of thesource contact electrode 914 and a slope of the passivation layer 930.Thus, a contact area of the source contact electrode 914 can beincreased. Furthermore, the second and third protective layers 960 and961 are laminated on the contact layer 980, and a pad contact hole CH2is formed corresponding to the exposed source contact electrode 914.

Moreover, in an area corresponding to the touch sensing line 950 b, thefirst protective layer 920 and the passivation layer 930 are disposed asbeing spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the source contactelectrode 914 on the substrate 700. The second protective layer 960, thetouch sensing line 950 b, and the third protective layer 961 arelaminated on the passivation layer 930.

Also, in an area corresponding to the touch sensing pad 950 a, thesecond protective layer 960 is in contact with the substrate 700 betweenthe passivation layers 930 on which the source contact electrode 914 andthe touch sensing line 950 b are disposed, respectively. The touchsensing pad 950 a extended from the touch sensing line 950 b is disposedon the second protective layer 960 and connected to the touch sensingline 950 b along a slope of the passivation layer 930.

Further, the third protective layer 961 is disposed on the touch sensingpad 950 a and includes a contact hole CH1 in a partial area.Accordingly, in the present exemplary embodiment, the pad connectionlayer 970 is electrically connected to the touch sensing pad 950 a andthe source contact electrode 914 through the contact holes CH1 and CH2,respectively, wherein the pad connection layer 970 and the signal supplypad 950 a is connected through the contact layer 980.

As described above, in the present exemplary embodiment, the passivationlayer 930 is removed from the contact area between the touch sensingline 950 b and the transistor of the switch circuit area for supplyingthe common voltage to the touch electrode TE. Thus, the contact holeformed in the passivation layer can suppress a disconnection of the padconnection layer 970 configured to connect the source (source contactelectrode 914) of the transistor and the touch sensing line 950 a.

Further, in the present exemplary embodiment, a part of the passivationlayer is removed from the contact area between the touch sensing pad andthe switching element (transistor) configured to control a supply of thecommon voltage (touch sensing signal). Thus, a contact area with respectto the pad connection layer may have a maximized size, so that voltagesupply characteristics can be improved.

Furthermore, in the present exemplary embodiment, a part of thepassivation layer is removed from the contact area between the touchsensing line and the transistor. Thus, the pad contact holes may havesufficient sizes, so that electrical connection characteristics betweenthe transistor and the touch sensing line can be improved.

Moreover, the above-described exemplary embodiments have the advantageof being able to be applied in the same manner to a contact area betweena common voltage line, a data line, a gate line, or a touch sensing lineelectrically connected to pads configured to supply a signal (voltage)from the outside on an edge area of a display panel and also able toobtain the same effect.

The foregoing description and the accompanying drawings are providedonly to illustrate the technical conception of the present disclosure,but it will be understood by a person having ordinary skill in the artthat various modifications and changes such as combinations,separations, substitutions, and alterations of the components may bemade without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.Therefore, the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure areprovided for illustrative purposes only but not intended to limit thetechnical concept of the present disclosure. The scope of the technicalconcept of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Therefore, itshould be understood that the above-described exemplary embodiments areillustrative in all aspects and do not limit the present disclosure. Theprotective scope of the present disclosure should be construed based onthe following claims, and all the technical concepts in the equivalentscope thereof should be construed as falling within the scope of thepresent disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A display device having an active area, anon-active area, and a plurality of subpixels at the active area,comprising: a thin-film transistor on a substrate in the subpixels; apassivation layer on the thin-film transistor and having an opening areain the non-active area where the passivation layer is removed; a signalsupply pad on the substrate in the opening area; a line pad in theopening area not overlapping the passivation layer and on a firstprotective layer covering the signal supply pad; and a pad connectionlayer electrically connecting the line pad through at least one firstcontact hole and the signal supply pad through at least one secondcontact hole.
 2. The display device according to claim 2, furthercomprising: a gate line and a data line to define a subpixel; a touchsensing line in parallel with the data line; and a touch connectionlayer connected to the touch sensing line through at least one thirdcontact hole.
 3. The display device according to claim 1, furthercomprising a GIP (gate-in-panel) circuit connected to the line pad inthe non-active area.
 4. The display device according to claim 2, furthercomprising: a first electrode on the passivation layer and connected toa source electrode of the thin-film transistor through a fourth contacthole, and the first protective layer on the first electrode; and asecond electrode on a second protective layer and overlapping the firstelectrode, wherein the touch sensing line, the first electrode and thesecond electrode are separated apart from a substrate by differentdistances.
 5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein the touchsensing line and the line pad are formed of the same material.
 6. Thedisplay device according to claim 1, wherein the quantity of the atleast one first contact hole is plural, a quantity of the at least onesecond contact hole is plural.
 7. The display device according to claim2, wherein the signal supply pad and the gate line are formed of thesame material.
 8. The display device according to claim 2, wherein thesignal supply pad and the data line are formed of the same material. 9.The display device according to claim 2, further comprising a gateinsulation layer on which the signal supply pad and the data line aredisposed.
 10. The display device according to claim 9, furthercomprising a contact layer on the passivation layer.
 11. The displaydevice according to claim 10, wherein the contact layer is between thepad connection layer and the signal supply pad.
 12. The display deviceaccording to claim 11, wherein the pad connection layer and the signalsupply pad is connected through the contact layer.
 13. The displaydevice according to claim 4, wherein the second electrode is in a blockshape.
 14. The display device according to claim 4, wherein the secondelectrode has a size greater than a size of one subpixel.
 15. Thedisplay device according to claim 4, wherein the first electrode ispatterned into a comb teeth shape or a slit shape, and the secondelectrode is patterned into a plate shape.
 16. The display deviceaccording to claim 4, wherein the first electrode is patterned into aplate shape and the second electrode is patterned into a comb teethshape or a slit shape.
 17. The display device according to claim 4,wherein the data line, the touch sensing line, opposite edges of thefirst electrode and opposite edges of the second electrode are inparallel with one another.
 18. The display device according to claim 4,wherein the second electrode functions as a touch sensor during a touchmode and functions as a common electrode during a display mode, and thesecond electrode is formed of the same material as the pad connectionlayer.
 19. A display device having an active area, a non-active area anda plurality of subpixels at the active area, comprising: a thin-filmtransistor on a substrate in the subpixels; a passivation layer on thethin-film transistor; a control signal line pad area at the non-activearea where the passivation layer is removed; a signal supply pad and aline pad electrically connected through a pad connection layer at thecontrol signal line pad area, wherein the line pad does not overlap thepassivation layer; and a first protective layer covering the signalsupply pad.
 20. The display device according to claim 4, furthercomprising: a gate line and a data line defining each subpixel; and agate insulation layer disposed on the signal supply pad and the gateline, wherein the signal supply pad and the line pad are separated fromeach other by the gate insulation layer and the first protective layerin the control signal pad area at the non-active area.